Winters Ringers 2024
After Round 7 we saw two late entries into the competition, bringing it up to 50 competitors. During the week, I was notified by a fellow contestant that there was a correction to Matt Vieceli's scorecard last week and that he did not achieve an eagle on Hole # 4 and that an input error was recorded in the processing of his scorecard by the Pro Shop. The leaderboard has now been updated and only order of the first three places were affected by the correction.
With the change, we see that Andy Williamson (16.529) continues to lead the field, his overall net score by increased by 0.071 as a result of a change in his average handicap index, to be on 52.471. Keith Yardley (24.517) moves up 1 place into second spot with no change to his net score of 53.483 from last week. Matt Vieceli (16.467) drops 1 place into third spot on 53.533, followed by Graeme Falloon (25.371) who improved 2 places to be in fourth spot on 53.629. The most significant movers this week were Lex Halford (11.071) moving up 13 places to eleventh spot on 55.929, Brian Docherty (13.104) up 12 places to thirteenth on 55.986 and Gordon McCoy (22.200) moving up 9 places on 56.800.
Here are some of the field statistics to date in the 2024 Winter Ringers Competition:
Number of Competitors 50 (2 late entries)
Range of Gross Scores 63 - 88
Range of Net Scores (Field) 52.471 - 67.925
Range of Net Scores (Top 20) 52.471 - 56.771
# of Players %
Under Net Par 50 100.00
Eagles or Better 3 6.00
Birdies or Better 38 76.00
Players with Multiple Birdies or Better 29 58.00
Bogeys or Worse to Discard 40 80.00
Double Bogeys or Worse to Discard 10 20.00
There are no competitors who are currently over net par, with all players now under the net score of 68, the leaderboard will change dramatically over the coming weeks and the range of net scores in the field compresses.
There were another 14 new birdies or better recorded last week, bringing the total to date of 132, with Kyle Charlwood (10.257) carding an eagle on Hole # 12 off the Blue tees, the fourth by the Winter Ringers field. Mal Ashton (7.971) continues to hold the lead in these statistics with a tally of 1 eagle and 9 birdies, followed by David Harvey (8.100) with 9 birdies then with Albert Yee (8.014) with 7 birdies, followed by Jesse Guise (13.433), Isaac Preece (6.014) and Spencer Wicks (5.471) with 6 birdies each.
There are 10 players so far, to have to registered par or better on every hole. Those still to have a single bogey to discard on their scorecards are Andy Williamson (16.529) on Hole # 4, Chris Choie (16.917) on Hole # 10, Mal Ashton (7.971) on Hole # 3, David Cross (15.500) on Hole # 13, Vance Hetaraka (12.543) on Hole # 15, Albert Yee (8.014) on Hole # 9, Graeme Free (10.729) on Hole # 6, Mike Arlidge (11.175) on Hole # 17 and Kyle Charlwood (10.157) on Hole # 18.
The hardest ranked hole determined by the numbers of birdies or better carded, continues to be Hole # 15, the only hole yet to have a birdie registered on it. The next hardest are holes are Hole # 2, Hole # 5 and Hole # 9, each with 3 birdies recorded by the Ringers field.
After the end of July, we'll see the participants divided into three groups, with the lowest handicappers in a smaller group. Please remember that the groups remain dynamic and is based on your average handicap index calculated on all qualifying rounds you've played to date.
Kevin King
Ringers Convener